title: Crisis? What crisis?
abstract: The fact that 50% of the 4600 hours that constitute a pre-registration nursing programme takes place in the practice setting, means that there is considerable reliance on mentors and other clinicians to support and teach students. Clinical experience is vital if student nurses are to implement the theory they have learnt in the classroom and become competent and safe practitioners (Panther, 2008). There is, therefore, a need for high-quality clinical learning environments which both provide students with the support they need and measure their clinical competence. Mentors play a vital role in both these aspects and are the fulcrum on which practice learning depends (Pellatt, 2006).
authors.forename: Lou
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sherrat
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom